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Covid-19: neurological sequelae

Sequelae of Covid-19: where is the research?

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By: Caroline Paré Follow

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Covid-19 is responsible for various symptoms - breathing difficulties, fever, dry cough... But neurological symptoms or consequences have also been observed such as: headaches, delirium or confusion, cognitive dysfunction, fatigue and well course, loss of smell (anosmia) and taste.

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A cohort reveals a decrease in the thickness of gray matter in regions related to smell and memory. 

Have any neurological sequelae of Covid-19 been identified?

Where are the searches?

• Dr Thomas de Broucker,

  head of the neurology and rehabilitation unit at

  the Delafontaine General Hospital Center in Saint-Denis

• Pr Pierre Tattevin,

  Head of the Infectious Diseases Department at

  Rennes University Hospital

• Pr Louise Fortès,

  infectiologist

  ,

  covid-19 co-ordinator at

  Dalal Jamm hospital in Guediawaye

  and teacher

  at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar

  .  

• Matthieu Léstage,

  Great sportsman, former soldier, suffering from long covid.

  Spokesperson for the

  #ApresJ20 association

  (- Association Covid Long France is managed by a collective of “Covid Longs” patients, gathered to support each patient and offer a united and weighty front to their word).

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